It seems like pure serendipity that Google decided to refresh the aerial imagery used in both Google Earth and Google Maps on August 15th, 2010 — the same day of Portland’s Sunday Parkways event in Southeast.

SE 34th and Salmon.

The mapping gurus over at Metro pointed out to me this morning that Google Earth’s 2010 aerial imagery for the entire Portland metro region was done on August 15th. The new images are already live.

Check out the route of Sunday Parkways Southeast or just start here and let us know if you find any other fun scenes caught by Google (images of Sunday Parkways are only in “overhead” view, not 45-degree view).

I don’t know if these images are available to everyone? It’s weird, I click on your “start here” link, and I see an image w/ cyclists for just a second and then it changes. And if I search on Google Maps myself I get only non-Sunday Parkways images.

kathleen. yes they are the standard google maps images for at least the next year or so. make sure you are looking at the “Overhead” view and not the “45 degree” view under the “Satellite” menu option.

I’m famous!
I volunteered as an intersection superhero in the middle of the street at 35 Pl where it meets Lincoln. I drew the snowman which I never got a chance to see from space…thanks Metro and Google!http://goo.gl/maps/cqXq
:)